TORNADO TASTES LIKE ALUMINUM STING

Name: Tornado Tastes Like Aluminum Sting by Harmon dot aut
Start: 2024-07-10T10:00:00
End: 2024-08-04T18:00:00
Location: Frank Center

A World Premiere by Harmon dot aut

Directed by Oliver Butler***

CB sees life through a lens: the camera. CB experiences life – a shifting, repeating fractal that nobody else seems to see – through the lens of their mind. A quick, loving, nonbinary filmmaker with synesthesia, CB follows their parents around the house, documenting them in the pursuit of understanding them. Meanwhile, CB’s parents struggle to love, learn, and support CB in the exploration of their dreams. All the while, the memory of a tornado looms in the distance of a Kansas landscape. This play centers around an autistic teenager (flashing between the ages of 11 and 19) seeking to know and be known.

Sensory Educational Performances

July 18th at 7pm
July 25th at 1pm

Contains discussions of historical violence, the Holocaust, gendered violence, bullying, PTSD, suicide, rape, and white supremacy.

This show is rated 5 out of 5 on the Sensory Scale. Sensory items include loud noises, flashing lights, moving set pieces, and projections. For detailed information, please either visit or call the Box Office at 681-240-2283.

Studio 112
92 W Campus Drive, Shepherdstown, WV
Run Time: 90 Minutes

Read Tornado’s Contemporary Companion Studio 112’s Social Story

CAST

Chantal Buñuel (CB)
Jean Christian Barry*

Dad (Joseph Agnew)
Roderick Hill*

Mom (Sherri Agnew)
Jasminn Johnson*

PRODUCTION TEAM

Scenic Design
Britton W. Mauk**

Costume Design
Ashley Soliman**

Lighting Design
Kate McGee

Sound Design
David Remedios**

Co-Projections Designers
Caite Hevner**
Paul Lieber

Stage Manager
Paulina “pau” Tobar*

Asst. Stage Manager
Esther Chilson

Dramaturg
Craven Poole

*Actors’ Equity Association
**United Scenic Artists
***Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

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Sponsored by:
Mina Goodrich & Lawrence Dean • David & Suzanne Alexander

This CATF production is supported, in part, by a grant from The Venturous Theater Fund of The Tides Foundation.

Jean Christian Barry, Roderick Hill, and Jasminn Johnson in the world premiere of Tornado Tastes Like Aluminum Sting by Harmon dot aut. Photography credit: Seth Freeman.

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